(:)(:)(:)(:) snouts up for The Way Way Back which I predict will be the sleeper hit of the year. This film is so good it brought me out of unplanned blogging retirement. Inexplicably,given its provenance, this film seems to have had … [Read more...] about Four Snouts up for The Way Way Back–Prediction: sleeper of the year
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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Deux)
5 snouts up for Of Gods and Men on DVD now (a 2010 film in French with English subtitles). I had read about this movie and I had wanted to see it when it was in theaters, but couldn't convince my kids that it would be fun to see a movie … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Deux)
Four Snouts up for Crazy Heart
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall. I enjoyed this movie very much. Jeff Bridges' performance is extraordinary--so is Maggie Gyllenhaal's. I believe entirely that Bridges' character Bad is a … [Read more...] about Four Snouts up for Crazy Heart
4 snouts up for Everlasting Moments
(:)(:)(:)(:) snouts up for Everlasting Moments now playing at the Tower Theater in Sacramento.We really only went to this film tonight because it was the only non Hollywood hell film with decent review playing at a normal time. (10:15pm for the only … [Read more...] about 4 snouts up for Everlasting Moments
(:)(:) for No Country for Old Men
Two snouts up for No Country for Old Men the pointless "thriller" by the Coen brothers (known in Hollywood as "the two-headed director") now playing in movie theaters. I have loved many Coen brothers films despite the violence, Fargo, O Brother … [Read more...] about (:)(:) for No Country for Old Men
(:)(:)(: for Love in the Time of the Cholera
Two and a half snouts up for Love in the Time of the Cholera soon to be playing in a theater near you. Beautifully filmed and costumed, with an able performance by Javier Bordem in the lead role, nevertheless the film cannot transcend a stagnant … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(: for Love in the Time of the Cholera